Praise Babundo

Official Campus Ambassador at International MUN

[Ife Institute of Advanced Studies @ifeias]

Day 5 is officially underway! We’re bringing maximum energy into the hall today as our Fellows continue to push boundaries and build together.
Hey Fellows, let’s make today count again!
#Day5 #SummerInstitute #IIASAtTen #iias

[Ife Institute of Advanced Studies @ifeias]

Welcome to Day 4!

Yesterday, we caught up with few of our fellows to hear about their experiences, key takeaways from the sessions they’ve had, and what this journey means for their work.

The momentum is real, and we are building on it today!

Let's go!
#IIASAtTen #iias

[Enewa_Blessing😊❤️👸 @Enewa_Blessing]

There was this woman in our area who stopped going to church.
She said and i quote “Abeg, God dey everywhere. I can pray from my house.”

And truly, she was right. God is everywhere.
But one Sunday, her pastor decided to visit after service to know why she has not been coming to church. He didn’t come with any long talk he just sat with her outside, where she was roasting corn on a sunday morning 😆

After a while, the pastor used a stick to pull one burning charcoal out of the fire and left it on its own. At first, it was still red and hot, but after small time, it went black and cold.

Then the pastor smiled and said,
“That’s how it is when you stay away from other believers. Your fire go slowly die.”

That day, she understood.

Let me tell you, sometimes, it’s not that you don’t love God, your spirit just gets weak because you’ve been alone too long.
When you go to church, it’s not just about hearing a sermon. It’s about catching fire again, through songs, through testimonies, through people who remind you that you’re not alone.

So today, wear that outfit, carry your Bible, and go to church.
Because when believers gather, strength multiplies. 🔥

[D U N I Y A @MunTheShinobi]

Yesterday, on my flight from Abuja to Jos, God preached a sermon to me without me having to open a Bible.

A mother was travelling with her two daughters. The older daughter sat by the window. The younger daughter sat across the aisle from her mother, while I occupied the window seat beside the mother.

A few minutes into the flight, the aircraft hit turbulence. The older daughter was fast asleep. She didn't wake up. She didn't know the plane was shaking. She didn't see the anxious faces around her. She slept through the storm.

The younger daughter was different.
She felt every jolt. You could see the fear in her eyes. She looked at her mother, searching for reassurance. Her mother stretched out her hand across the aisle, and the little girl reached for it, their hands locked.

The mother didn't stop the turbulence.
She didn't explain the science behind it.
She didn't stand up and fix the plane.
She simply held her daughter's hand.
With gentle nods and quiet whispers of, "It's okay," she communicated something more powerful than words, "I'm here." Almost immediately, the little girl became calm.

What struck me most wasn't that the turbulence eventually ended. It was that even after the shaking stopped, the mother never let go of her daughter's hand. She held it until they landed safely.

And then I thought about God.

Sometimes, we are like the younger daughter. We feel every shake of life. The diagnosis. The unanswered prayer. The financial pressure. The disappointment. The uncertainty. We are fully awake to the storm, terrified by what we cannot control. God doesn't always stop the turbulence the moment we ask. But He reaches out His hand.

His presence becomes our peace.
He whispers to our hearts, "Fear not, for I am with you." The storm may still be outside the window, but something changes on the inside because we know whose hand we're holding.

Other times, we're like the older daughter.
The storm is real, but somehow we sleep through it. Not because the turbulence doesn't exist, but because heaven grants us a peace that makes no earthly sense.
The kind of peace Scripture describes as surpassing all understanding.

While others are overwhelmed by the shaking, God allows us to rest. Whether He gives you the peace to sleep through the storm or the grace to hold His hand while you're awake in it, the lesson is the same.

You are never alone.
The turbulence will end.
The flight will land, and through every unexpected shake, every frightening moment, every season that tests your faith, there is a Father whose grip never weakens.

Sometimes His greatest miracle isn't removing the storm.

Sometimes it's refusing to let go of your hand until you arrive safely.

[Alex Onyia @winexviv]

Our maths genius, Victor Onwubiko, just came out of the International STEM Olympiad finale.

Listen to his experience.

We are rooting for him to win gold.

[Shehu Gazali Sadiq @Rejoice_inlife]

This is the only good news in Nigeria since Tinubu came to power.

Alex Onyia took our children to the International STEM Olympiad in Rome.

Alex is doing within 5 months what Tinubu couldn't do in more than 3 years.

[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

Voter Registration: The First Step in the Journey to a New Nigeria

Yesterday, while passing through Waru Wazobia in Abuja, I made a chance stop to interact with our people. I seized the opportunity to encourage them, especially our youths and women, to take advantage of the ongoing voter registration exercise.

The power to change Nigeria does not begin on Election Day; it begins with voter registration. Registering to vote is not just a civic responsibility; it is an investment in the future we all desire.

I urge every eligible Nigerian who has not yet registered to do so without delay. Those who already have their voter cards should encourage their family members, friends, neighbours, and colleagues to register as well.

A new Nigeria will not happen through wishful thinking. It will be built by citizens who participate, who believe, and who act. Let us continue to choose hope over despair, participation over apathy, and nation-building over division.

A New Nigeria is POssible. -PO

[Obafemi Awolowo University_COR @oau_cor]

The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. A. S. Bamire, cordially invites the University community and the general public to the Fourth Edition of the OAU Academic & Research Excellence Awards.

15 July 2026 | 10:00 AM
Oduduwa Hall

#OAUExcellenceAwards2026
#OAUStars
#GreatIfe65
#COR

[Shahriq Khan @RealShahriqKhan]

You know what shook me when I was Muslim?

Psalm 22. A song written by King David a thousand years before Jesus.

It opens: “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” The exact words Jesus cried from the cross.

But it keeps going, and it describes a scene David never lived:

“They have pierced my hands and my feet.”

“All my bones are out of joint.”

“I can count all my bones — people stare and gloat over me.”

“They divide my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing.”

David was never crucified. Crucifixion didn’t even exist in David’s time. It wouldn’t be invented for centuries.

So how does a man describe death by piercing hands and feet, and soldiers gambling for his clothes, a thousand years before it happened to Jesus exactly as written?

You know what really rattled me?

This was a photograph taken a thousand years early.

Pierced hands and feet. Gambling for the garments. Mocking crowds. Bones out of joint from hanging.

Every detail, at the foot of the cross, fulfilled.
Islam told me to doubt the crucifixion.

David described it in HD ten centuries before it happened.

You can’t erase an event that was prophesied in that much detail.

[DON “Tobechukwu” Ade 👑 @Row_Haastrup]

Habitat Salawudeen has finally completed reading the Bible for 6 days at a stretch…

Setting a new Guinness world record.

Congratulations to her

[Ajoje⚽⚖️ @israel_ajoje]

Hmm fair enough. I don’t think you understand what the outburst is about tho.

Assuming without conceding that they gave grants, support for cancer and TB patients and so on. Nobody is saying the ICT training with NITDA should not have happened.

Very good. No problem.

However, you cannot stand at a podium and celebrate petty trading grants as empowerment while the same administration your position is tied to has made beans, vegetable oil, and maize significantly more expensive for the exact women you are claiming to help.

The argument you are making here is "she was just giving a progress report." Fine.

But a progress report is still a choice about framing. It is still a decision about what you lead with, what you celebrate, and what vision of womanhood and economic progress you are presenting to the country.

And the vision she has projected was this: that a woman in Nigeria in 2025 should be grateful for a grant small enough to start selling street food.

Now let me ask directly. Is that the ambition? That people survive rather than thrive?

I don’t think we should be celebrating a temporary support mechanism and holding up survival-level economic activity as the ceiling of what is possible for Nigerian women. And I think it’s okay that she/they should have been criticized for that.

The most effective version of this initiative would have acknowledged that.

And if it had, I’m sorry. But what we have seen is a moment that felt, rightly or wrongly, like someone comfortable telling struggling people to be grateful for very little.

That is a communication failure at best.
At worst, it reflects a genuine gap between the people designing these programs and the economic reality those programs are supposed to address.

Giving grants is good. Framing those grants as sufficient is a different conversation entirely.

Akara and kulikuli

Lmao

[Usman Shamaki @aushamaki]

The scary thing about that video clip is that Remi Tinubu was being very honest. That is the best they can do. Like they sat down and brainstormed and came up with grants for akara and kuli-kuli. That is the extent of their brilliant thinking.

[Praise Babundo @BabundoPraise]

@_yongdev @afrisagacity I had to pause it at that point to check the comments. I couldn't believe it. 🥺

[ARISE NEWS @ARISEtv]

Nigeria Has 35 Million Hungry People, That’s Enough To Form A Country - Zekeri

About 35 million Nigerians are facing hunger. This administration has also pushed about 140 million Nigerians into multidimensional poverty. For the President’s spokesperson to dismiss these legitimate concerns of Nigerians is deeply disappointing and unacceptable.

Idris Zekeri Jr, Spokesman, Peter Obi Media Reach

[Ochi @OchiJnr]

FIVE THINGS AKIN GOT WRONG ABOUT TINUBU'S "WINS"

Akin means well. But meaning well and being right are two different things.

Let's go point by point.

1. "Fiscal reforms freed up resources."
Freed them up for whom, Akin? FAAC distributions jumped 79% in 2024. States got more. Yet over 129 million Nigerians now live below the poverty line, an increase of 25 million. Are these Nigerians imagining the hunger in their stomachs? A 2024 Afrobarometer survey found 62% of Nigerians say the subsidy removal worsened their living conditions, while only 18% think the savings are being used effectively. More money to governments. Less prosperity to people. That is not a win. That is a transfer.

2. "GDP growth of 3.89%. Economic stabilization."
The number is real. The framing is fantasy. For civil servants, teachers, and small business owners, the 3.89% growth has minimal impact on personal finances. The daily cost of a healthy diet doubled over 12 months. Poverty is now estimated at 56%. Posting GDP without posting poverty and inflation figures is a half-truth, which is another word for a lie.

3. "1.5 million students gaining access via NELFUND."
The actual figure as of March 2026 is 1.16 million, not 1.5 million. Akin's 1.5 million figure is not supported by NELFUND's own confirmed disbursement data as of March 2026. Beyond the numbers: irregular payments, weak communication, poor transparency, inconsistent disbursement and administrative inefficiencies. The ICPC investigated reports that of N100 billion released for the scheme, only N28.8 billion, less than 29 kobo of every naira, reached students. The monthly upkeep is N20,000. In this economy. This is not education reform. It is a press release dressed as policy.

4. "Reserves at $50 billion+, a 17-year peak."
The $50 billion headline is real. What Akin is not telling you is that gross reserves and net reserves are not the same thing. Net foreign exchange reserves, the actual unencumbered buffer after deducting short-term liabilities, stood at $34.80 billion at end-2025. The difference is over $15 billion in obligations already spoken for.

Beyond that, the IMF warned that rapid reserve accumulation may be slowing the naira's adjustment toward fair value, with the naira still undervalued by about 25.6%. Strong reserves built on a structurally weak currency is not stability. It is a managed illusion. You can celebrate the trend, but audit the headline.

5. "Infrastructure: roads, rail, dams, aviation."
Activity is not outcomes. The real question is: who is getting the contracts, how, and at what cost?

Under Tinubu, Chagoury has become Nigeria's infrastructure landlord. The $11 billion Lagos-Calabar Highway, awarded without competitive bidding. The N1.1 trillion Tin Can and Apapa ports contract, awarded despite no seaport construction experience. A 45-year Snake Island Port concession. Three mega-contracts. One man. No open bidding. Meanwhile, the President's son Seyi sits on the board of a Chagoury Group subsidiary, then goes on television to say his father is not enriching himself or his friends. That is not infrastructure. That is a billing arrangement dressed as nation-building.

Akin, you promised five things they haven't gotten right tomorrow. We will be watching. Nigerians deserve analysis that treats them as adults, not talking points that treat them as an audience.

[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

Today is World Refugee Day.

Yet, millions of Nigerians have become refugees in their own country. Across the North and other parts of Nigeria, communities have been displaced by terrorism, banditry and violent attacks, with IDP camps now a painful symbol of our national failure to protect our people.

Many of these camps are grossly underfunded and inadequate for the thousands forced to live there. Families struggle daily for food, healthcare, education and basic dignity. For many, survival has become their only reality.

Children are abducted from schools. Families are forced to flee their homes. Farmers abandon their lands. Citizens live in fear of kidnapping and violence.

Worse still, with insecurity continuing to spread and intensify, there is little hope for many displaced Nigerians to return to their communities and rebuild their lives safely. This is not OK

On this World Refugee Day, we must remember that behind every statistic is a human life disrupted, a family uprooted, and a future put on hold. Nigerians deserve safety, dignity and the right to live peacefully in their own country.

A new Nigeria is POssible. -PO

[Emir Sirdam @EmirSirdam]

An Old Tinubu Associate Who Schooled With Peter Obi, Dropped This Mind-Boggling Revelation 👀👀

Every Nigerian needs to see and hear this.

PS: He will be a live guest tonight on the ESS on TikTok live at 10 pm WAT. 🔥

[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

Dear beloved sports-loving Nigerian youths,

After watching the performances of Davido, Burna Boy, and Rema at the opening of the 2026 World Cup—at a time when Nigeria, the giant of Africa, is absent—I felt a measure of consolation. This was reinforced by the fact that many Nigerians playing for clubs worldwide are representing other countries. Felix Nmecha, for instance, set a record by scoring the fastest goal at six minutes for Germany. I write to you therefore, knowing that this country belongs to you, the youth.

You are more of stakeholders in Nigeria’s future than I am. I am 64 years old; by God’s grace, much of my journey is behind me, while yours lies ahead.

It is therefore imperative that you rise to the challenge by obtaining your PVC, your most powerful tool for driving the change you desire.

In the last three years alone, over 15 million Nigerians have turned 18—enough to decide who becomes President, Governor, Senator, Member of the House, or Local Government Chairman. Indeed, enough to shape the nation’s future.

I know many of you are sceptical about politics and political parties. I understand why, but scepticism must not become surrender.

You do not need to belong to any party or wait for anyone to organise you. Organise yourselves in your streets, campuses, communities, workplaces, churches, mosques, and social groups. Mobilise, debate, demand accountability, and take part in choosing those you wish to entrust with leadership.

If you are organised and wish to hear directly from me, invite me. I will come and share my plans for you and our nation.

Do not sit on the sidelines while others decide your future.

I appeal to you to register and vote. Your vote can shape who becomes the next President of our country.

My young friends, this is your country. Take it back.

A New Nigeria is POssible. -PO

[Emir Sirdam @EmirSirdam]

Practical Steps Nigerians Must Take To Stop ADC, APC, and Tinubu’s INEC From Rigging The 2027 Elections.

Anything less than this, then we should brace ourselves for Renewed Hell 2.0.

Pass it on!

[Ada Ehi @AdaEhiMoses]

Excellent performance is wayyyy cheaper than rigging

Just a fraction of the monies spent coercing followers would have delivered good governance and the good will needed for a sure return to office